lool i find that very hard to take seriously to be honest. and no honestly i never watch these kind of stuff on youtube. i just watch gameplay and game trailers. 

Some here have rightfully tried to expose this blatant lie and do their own calculations.

2.4 million copies at $30 gives $72 million in total revenue to the publisher (Sony). This assumes that all copies were sold at full price, but let's assume that for arguments sake.

Now how much did the game exactly cost including marketing? I have a hard time believing it really cost €40 million including marketing because that means over $50 million in total spend which just sounds unrealistic for a fairly "niche" game like Heavy Rain. Also, if it truly was $50 million that would only leave $22 million in profits to split between Sony and Quantic Dreams. So the €40 million (=$50 million) figure was just speculation from the Quantic guys' part.

Most likely this guy in the interview only had the €16.7 million dev cost (what his own studio spent) correct since he doesn't seem to have any clue about publisher economics. Anyway, €16,7 translates to around $22 million and if we add a more reasonable $15 million for marketing the total spend becomes $37 million. $37 million would need 1.2 million copies sold to break even, which also sounds like a reasonable original sales target for Heavy Rain.

So in conclusion, a reasonable estimation of total profit lands at $72 million minus $37 million = $35 million, which is very far from "more than €100 million" (=$130 million), but still very impressive.

It's one of my quirks I guess. I'm more likely to buy something that has good boxart.

It is stupid I know. I just like everything to look perfect on my shelfs. If then there's one that's off and is a 'platinum' or whatever, it irritates me. I got God of War III a month ago after spending a month before that trying to find one that wasn't an 'essential' XD.

hahaha i honestly dont know what to say. i guess im just one of those guys who just doesnt give a fuck about most stuff and i never really cared much about the box art. currectly the thing i dont give a fuck about is my looks since im letting my beard grow as much as it wants and the only thing that would shave it now is a lawn mower

I found it hard to avoid because somebody would say Trey 4 life in like every video possible a while back

well atleast in the ign video reviews.

For the record, I like the design of the vanilla boxart of this game. I think it looks simplistic in a good way and has a mysterious feel to it.

I just don't want to buy a copy that has these screaming red or yellow borders.

It does look like my life depends on it now though, reading through this conversation. That's not really the case. As long as a copy of any game does not come with all those distractions, I don't let my fondness of boxart get in the way of buying something if I want it (like Luigi's Mansion 2, don't like the art, like the game, I'll just hide the box behind others). If I have the choice however, I would go with the best one (which is basically always the original release). For example, if I still wanted to buy Batman: AC on my PS3, I'd never buy the 'Game of the Year' edition, because that one would have all that useless text on it, even if it were cheaper. I don't buy 'collections' either.

Like I said, if I can find a Heavy Rain in it's original release box for a suitable price, I'll get that. Otherwise, I'll just have to be lucky enough to come across a second-hand copy (which must be of course, still in good preferably like-new condition).

I have this game but haven't gotten around to play this game.

I'm not doubting Heavy Rain was profitable. But I feel this article is misleading us on how profitable it was.

Not all the units were sold at full price.

hahaha yeah i get you dont worry. i didnt think you were that extreme. if you had a choice you would care about the box art

Over 2 million copies
You're also forgetting about console owner fee

Pretty good profit. And a pretty high quality game too. Some companies like Square Enix need to take lessons from these guys on how to make a quality game and make profit from it without having to sell 1 billion copies.